The left never lets a tragedy go to waste. They were on scene as fast as their private jets could get there. They blew their narrative in the faces of the students and parents who had just lost children so quickly that the students and parents who had been through this tragedy just hours before had no time to think this thing out.

If that high school coach had been trained and armed with a 9mm semi automatic pistol, do you think he and more kids would be alive today? Good question.

The left has no idea what an assault weapon is. No one can legally own an assault weapon. AR-15’s are not assault weapons. An M16 is an assault weapon in that it can be fired in automatic mode. An AR-15 is not sold as an assault weapon because it can only fire in semi-automatic mode. Maybe it can with a bump stock but the NRA has come out against bump stocks since the Vegas massacre.

I am for arming every teacher, janitor and school resource officer that is willing to go through training, in every school in the United States, to conceal carry a gun to protect these children from these mass killings by deranged individuals. That is the answer.

— David L. Donaldson, Yucaipa

Schools should be a safe place for students

The Florida high school shooter was able to get onto campus, bringing up the question: Just how safe are students at their schools?

Yes, schools have protocol such as a lockdown in the event that something like this may occur. But as the Florida school shooting demonstrates, school safety systems and protocols can easily be outsmarted.

For instance, the shooter pulled a fire alarm, overriding the initial Code Red alarm. So if bypassing the safety protocol can be accomplished at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, then how many more high schools in the United States have the possibility to be subject to the same situation?

In light of the tragedy, I strongly urge for all schools across the nation to reassess their safety systems. School should be a place where all are guaranteed safety; students should not have to risk their well-being in order to pursue an education, and staff should not have to risk their well-being in order to assist the American posterity.

— Stefani Hong, Chino Hills

Sharing some thoughts

Regarding articles on Feb. 21:

• Kevin Cooper: Why does someone who has been convicted of murder by a jury of his peers, sentenced to death and who has exhausted all of his appears deserve a new investigation? His execution is long overdue.

• Bump stocks: The problem could be solved with a law banning importation or selling automatic weapons or any device or revision that can convert guns to fully automatic.

As a gun owner and antique gun collector who enjoys target shooting and keeps his guns locked up, I see no reason why anyone needs an automatic weapon or a clip with capacity of over 10 rounds.

• ICE: The president has stated children who were brought here illegally are not subject to deportation. I think we all feel the same. Let’s move on.

— Ron Smith, Alta Loma

Enough about Dreamers

I’m so sick of hearing about the Dreamers and how if they go back to their home countries they are being ripped away from their families, then blame President Trump.

First of all, let’s take care of our legal citizens who also have dreams and do it the proper way.

President Trump and Republicans are not the ones that ripped them from their families, their own families caused this by ripping them illegally out of their home country and sneaking them into America. Their parents and families are to blame.

Now, go back to your legal country, stop with the American freebies, and come back the correct way: legally. I’m sick of my hard-earned taxpayer money being used to provide schooling, food, medical and more for illegals.

They think the border wall is terrible but it’s there to keep unwanted people out the same way we lock our home doors, our cars, or businesses and churches lock their doors.

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